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The British Science Fiction Awards Shortlist is here (and the Kitschies)

Time to start your shortlist reading! The British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) shortlists were finally announced this morning. You can find the full list here, but here are the Best Novel nominees:

Also, the Kitschies, a rather new-ish SF Award, revealed their shortlists last week (also selected by panel). You can see their full list here, but here are two of their shortlists:

The Red Tentacle (Novel):Red Doc> by Anne Carson (Jonathan Cape)A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (Jonathan Cape)More Than This by Patrick Ness (Walker)The Machine by James Smythe (HarperCollins / Blue Door)

I’m seeing positive things about Ancillary Justice and A Calculated Life everywhere, so it’s no surprise that they are appearing so often.

We will see the shortlist for both the Nebulas and the Hugos in about a month, and the Clarke and Locus shortlists will come along later this spring. Remember that the Hugo nomination window closes this Friday!